Earth - The Canadian Media

2023 was hottest year so far, new climate report shows

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 - by cmedia

#2023, #HottestYear, #ClimateChangeHottestYear, #2023HottestYear Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, ice cover and glacier retreat, a new global report issued by …

Canada / Environment

Canada’s air quality is now worse than the U.S., a new report says

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 - by cmedia

Air quality in Canada in 2023 reportedly was worse than in the U.S. for the first time in history, 6th Annual World Air Quality Report, published Tuesday by IQAir, a Swiss …

Finance/Business / Gadgets / Technology

Apple to open its new Shanghai store on March 21

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 - by cmedia

#Apple, #AppleStore, #Shanghai, #AppleShanghaiStore IBNS-CMEDIA: Tech major Apple recently previewed Apple Jing’an, located near Jing’an Temple and Jing’an Park in Shanghai, giving Chinese consumers a new option to buy the devices. The store …

Canada / Environment

Canada sees 119-year-old temperature record broken in many provinces

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 - by cmedia

Toronto/IBNS: Regions throughout Canada, including areas of Alberta, British Columbia and Yukon are reportedly reaching an upward trend of record-breaking daily temperatures. Canada broke an 119-year-old temperature record among more …

Environment / South Asia/Southeast Asia/China

Pakistan’s Balochistan forest fire damages hundreds of trees, precious shrubs

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 - by cmedia

#Balochistan, #BalochistanForestFire, #Pakistan IBNS-CMEDIA: A forest fire left hundreds of trees and precious shrubs damaged in Pakistan’s Balochistan region on Sunday. The fire could not be controlled in the area due to …

Gadgets / Technology

Walmart to start selling MacBook Air with M1 chip for USD 699

March 17, 2024March 17, 2024 - by cmedia

#Apple, #MacBookAir, #Walmart IBNS-CMEDIA: Mega retailer Walmart has said it will soon begin selling Apple’s MacBook Air with the M1 chip. It is for the first time that customers can buy a Mac directly …

Climate change / Environment / Research

Researchers take deep dive into how much water is stored in snow

March 16, 2024March 16, 2024 - by cmedia

A heavy snowpack acts like an open-air storage tank that melts away to provide water for drinking, irrigation and other purposes during dry months but the information of how much …

Environment

Carbon capture tech is booming, and confusing

March 16, 2024March 16, 2024 - by cmedia

Humanity’s failure to reduce planet-heating carbon pollution—at record levels in 2023—has thrust once-marginal options for capping or reducing CO2 in the atmosphere to center stage, https://phys.org/news/2024-03 reports said. Carbon capture and …

Foreign / Technology

TikTok rarely used for extremist purposes but some content becomes viral, UK official says

March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 - by cmedia

#TikTok, #Extremism IBNS-CMEDIA: Most people in the world do not use TikTok for extremist purposes, but some content, originally published there, becomes viral, Robin Simcox, Commissioner for Countering Extremism at the …

Climate change / Environment

Created Map shows 11 California counties most at risk for wildfires

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024 - by cmedia

While California is reportedly no stranger to wildfires, some regions are more at risk than others. While most wildfires occur between April and October, “California faces the risk of wildfires all year …